Space Travel Could Become America's Next Billion Dollar Industry

It's difficult not to get excited about the future of space travel, especially when the Obama administration starts boasting about how it will help stimulate the economy. Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics on Tuesday, George Nield, an official with the Federal Aviation Administration said that the space tourism industry could become a $1 billion industry over the course of the next decade.